Board of Directors

Philippe Arbour M.Sc, C.F.A.

President of the board

Philippe Arbour is Managing Director of Structured Finance at London-based Palamon Capital, a European middle market private equity firm. He joined Palamon in 2013 following 10 years at Lloyds Banking Group. In 2010 he was seconded to 3i PLC, a British private equity firm. Philippe holds the CFA designation and has a Masters in Finance from Durham University and a Bachelor in Business Administration (Honours Economics) from Bishop’s University.

Marine HadenguePh.D.

Secretary of the board

A former fellow of the Foundation, Marine holds a Ph. D. in innovation management. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Polytechnique Paris and at the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO). Her research focuses on the recent evolution of innovation processes in the context of globalization and more specifically on the phenomenon of reverse innovation. A graduate in mechanical and industrial engineering from Polytechnique Montréal, Marine also holds a master’s degree in international politics from the Université de Montréal.

ME. Michel Brunet

Mr. Brunet practices corporate and commercial law at Dentons Canada LLP’s Montreal office. He focusses on the sale and acquisition of business corporations and on their financing needs. Mr. Brunet previously held positions at Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC), one of Dentons’ three founding firms, namely National CEO. Mr. Brunet is currently the Chair of Dentons Canada LLP.

Michel Bolduc

Mr. Bolduc is a well-known real estate developer operating in the Montreal region, among many projects, he just completed the luxury condo named ORO located across from the Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal.

Diane de Champlain

Diane de Champlain has spent most of her career in the world of communications and philanthropy.

A graduate of the Université de Montréal and HEC Montréal, she was President of the Parents Association of Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and a member of its board of directors. She was recruited as Director of Public Relations, Spokesperson and Director of the Development Fund. Where she successfully led a $ 2.5 million subscription campaign.

In 2005, she joined Ecole Polytechnique as Executive Director of the Polytechnique Alumni Association (ADP) with nearly 36,000 members. In 2010, in addition to her position as Executive Director of the ADP, she was entrusted with the reins of the Polytechnique Foundation as President and Chief Executive Officer whose mandate is to raise $100 million for Polytechnique as part of the Campus Montreal campaign. The goal was exceeded with $111 million collected, she decided at the end of the Campaign, in October 2017, to leave and continue to devote herself to other causes that are dear to her.

André Laurin

André Laurin; was until recently President and CEO of BrainBank, an innovation management technology company whose software is deployed on a global scale by Fortune 500 and Global 1000 clients such as Verizon, Nestlé and Bridgestone as well as to government agencies. After a successful exit from the company that he founded in 1999, he is now an independent investor. He has a B.A. from Concordia University.

André Monette

André Monette; with degrees from Polytechnique de Montreal, McGill and Havard, Mr. Monette made a career for himself at Johnson & Johnson, Trust Royal, Banque Laurentienne and Les Placements T.A.L limited, working not only in Canada but in France and Switzerland as well. He served as a management consultant and a member of the board of directors for Investissement-Québec for over six years. Mr. Monette also served on the Fonds de Solidarité committee as well as that of Amorchem.